Names / Unisex names
Shell
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#3,242
in 1965
First recorded
1951
in U.S. data
Children named
311
since 1951
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #3,242 in 1965 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
A unisex name, Shell first appears in 1951. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 311 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.